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Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-us-trade-ties-hit-by-tariff-policies-under-trump-administration-us-congress-report/articleshow/80096398.cmsSynopsis The bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), in its latest report, pointed out that India’s recent tariff hikes on cell phones and other telecommunication

Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/where-is-jack-ma-business-tycoon-mia-since-october-name-removed-from-talent-show-website/articleshow/80092653.cmsChinese billionaire Jack Ma has been missing in action. The Alibaba founder has reportedly not been seen in public since October, the same time when he had hit

Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-employees-form-workers-union-in-the-us/articleshow/80099245.cmsSynopsis The new union, called the Alphabet Workers Union after Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was organized in secret for the better part of a

Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/work/decoded-how-donald-trumps-h-1b-ban-extension-will-impact-indian-techies/articleshow/80099441.cmsSynopsis H-1B workers who were in the U.S. in valid status when the June ban was announced were exempt from the ban and could

Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/localised-herd-immunity-young-population-behind-dip-in-indias-covid-count/articleshow/80099537.cmsSynopsis Given the large number of infections in the first wave, it is certainly conceivable that some population immunity has set in and it

Clipped from: https://maharashtratimes.com/business/business-news/founder-of-alibaba-jack-ma-suspected-missing/articleshow/80090509.cms चीनच्या बँकिंग व्यवस्थेवर टीका केल्यापासून अलीबाबाचे संस्थापक जॅक मा कुठेही दिसलेले नाहीत. ते बेपत्ता असल्याचा संशय व्यक्त केला जात आहे. करोनाच्या काळात विविध

Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/jack-ma-skips-cherished-tv-show-after-beijing-tightens-screws/2164039/ Ma hasn’t been seen in public since Chinese regulators torpedoed Ant’s $35 billion IPO, then tightened fintech regulations and launched an antitrust probe

Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/make-haste-slowly-necessity-expedited-vaccine-approvals-transparency-must-guide-next-steps/TOI Edit Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of

Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-biggest-lesson-from-2020-compassion-and-selflessness-7121260/ COVID-19 is a clarion call to reflect upon our actions and choices and to remember that, in the end, what goes around, comes

Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-efficacy-data-missing-covid-task-force-bharat-biotech-dcgi-7131620/ Some independent scientists said that while data from the vaccine’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 trials is very encouraging, they questioned the process

Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/a-hurried-gamble-the-hindu-editorial-on-vaccines-and-transparency-amid-high-vaccine-hesitancy/article33488169.ece Opacity in communication is dangerous when there is high vaccine hesitancy The stage is set for the biggest vaccine rollout in India’s history with the Drugs

Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/india-successfully-cultures-uk-variant-of-coronavirus-strain-icmr/article33481941.ece?homepage=true “U.K. variant of the virus, with all signature changes, is now successfully isolated and cultured at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) from